WASTE UTILIZATION AND BY-PRODUCTS 



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In cases such as discussed in this paragraph the solution of the problem 

 of the better utilization of the small pieces is the establishment of some side-line 

 manufacture which will utilize such material. 



The matter may be looked upon in a different light with regard to manu- 

 facturers situated in populous districts where factories of all kinds are found. 

 In this case if a manufacturer has waste material it can often be sold to another 

 manufacturer at a profit. It certainly would seem that small pieces which 

 cannot be utilized in one factory might be used by another, although the transfer 

 of waste material from one factory to another is very seldom made, for several 

 reasons. 



Photo 7384. J. A. Doucet. 

 Waste blocks and cores of birch, maple, and elm at a shoe-shank and clothes-pin factory. 



First, it may be noted that factories are in some cases in such lines of 

 industry that they can utilize all material which is any good. Many of the 

 manufacturers are engaged in the manufacture of more than one line of goods, 

 which affords them the advantage of a very close utilization of raw material. 



Second, due to the relative cheapness of wood material in this country, 

 the cost of sorting and transporting small pieces of wood would reach the value 

 of the same kind of material purchased in boards or planks, so that the transfer 

 of such small material from one factory to another is not encouraged by either 

 the seller or the purchaser. 



Third, as a consequence of the above consideration, the manufacturers 

 having to provide power for their factories may often secure more benefit by 

 burning the waste wood under their boilers than by selling it. 



However, there is no doubt that many manufacturers situated in densely 

 populated districts sell small pieces and short ends for fuel at a paying price, 

 and a good proportion of their shavings and sawdust is disposed of for packing, 

 curing, and cleaning purposes. In such densely populated districts there is a 

 fair demand for factory refuse. 



